The Social Web for Skeptics (or, Using the Social Web for Social Change)Lauren Bacon
Hype, hype, and more hype: To many, the whole Web 2.0 revolution feels like one big bandwagon with little relationship to real-world concerns. And let’s face it: A Twitter account and a Facebook page will not change the world all by themselves. But let’s talk about what’s at the heart of the social web, and where its potential for real change lies. Web 2.0 has been around for a while now, and we’ve learned some important lessons about what works. In this presentation, I share five effective strategies for facilitating social change movements online, and encourage you to identify your own top priorities for using the social web to further your organizational mission.
Keynote: Revolution for Sure: Envisioning a 21st Century Information Organization by David Lewis, Dean of the Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) University Library for the October 16, 2013 NISO Virtual Conference: Revolution or Evolution: The Organizational Impact of Electronic Content.
Free Libre Open Source Software - Business aspects of software industryFrederik Questier
F. Questier, Free Libre Open Source Software - Guest Lecture for the course Business Aspects of Software Industry of Prof. M. Goldchstein and Prof. T. Crispeels, with students from management science, computer science and civil engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (17/04/13)
Free Libre Open Source Software - Business Aspects of Software IndustryFrederik Questier
F. Questier, Free Libre Open Source Software - Guest Lecture for the course Business Aspects of Software Industry of Prof. M. Goldchstein, with students from management science and computer science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (19/05/11)
Slides from a talk given by Stacy Allison-Cassin and William Denton, of York University, at the Ontario Library Association 2009 Super Conference, 29 January 2009.
Available under a Creative Commons license.
http://hdl.handle.net/10315/2501
Garin Fons of COERLL discusses recent experiences designing, implementing, and assessing digital badging initiatives within a professional community of foreign language educators. Presentation entitled: Show What You Know: Open Digital Badges for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning
Who are the people behind successful Web 2.0 apps such as Facebook, MySpace, WordPress, YouTube, etc? What are their milestones to success? And who is Singapore's answer to all these? This slideshow provides a quick overview.
Michael Edson @ Walker Art Center: What is a CommonsMichael Edson
annotated/footnoted talk given at the Walker Art Center's "Opening the Field" celebration in Minneapolis, MN, 6/2/2010. The talk goes through some of the reasons why the Smithsonian Commons project is important to accomplishing the Smithsonian's mission, and what the characteristics of a commons are or might be...
I am Library: an ode to self-discovery and collective creativity in Second Li...Bernadette Daly Swanson
http://www.bridgingworlds.sg/index.html
Accompanying video on YouTube:
I am Library: an ode to self-discovery and collective creativity in Second Life®
Video (machinima):
Watch the video on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM5ze9M3AJ4
(be sure to watch the High Quality version – see the link at the bottom of the YouTube video window on the lower right side)
Abstract:
This paper and its accompanying presentation and video explore the library experience in Second Life and takes us on a visual journey through the virtual environment; meeting some of the librarians and educators, collaborators and partners. It introduces virtual worlds and their increasing significance to the library and educational communities, show-casing the work of the Alliance Virtual Library (AVL) founded and coordinated by the Alliance Library System of Peoria, Illinois, USA. Over the last 2.5 years, AVL has explored what it would be like to provide library services in virtual worlds, beginning with one librarian on a parcel of virtual land to a footprint that now comprises 50 islands, the virtual equivalent of 1.26 square miles, the size of Angel Island, standing proud and strong in the San Francisco Bay.
What are some of the issues and ongoing challenges facing libraries as they consider the creation of a virtual presence? What does a library “feel like” in a virtual world? (see accompanying video) How are libraries integrating Second Life with social networking sites such as FaceBook, Twitter, Delicious, YouTube, blogs and their existing web sites? Join us for this virtual world exploration and new media demonstration, I am Library.
Slides for a talk on "Open Practices for the Connected Researcher" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the University of Exeter on 23 October 2012, as part of a series of Open Access Week events held at the university.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/seminars/exeter-open-access-week-2012/
The Social Web for Skeptics (or, Using the Social Web for Social Change)Lauren Bacon
Hype, hype, and more hype: To many, the whole Web 2.0 revolution feels like one big bandwagon with little relationship to real-world concerns. And let’s face it: A Twitter account and a Facebook page will not change the world all by themselves. But let’s talk about what’s at the heart of the social web, and where its potential for real change lies. Web 2.0 has been around for a while now, and we’ve learned some important lessons about what works. In this presentation, I share five effective strategies for facilitating social change movements online, and encourage you to identify your own top priorities for using the social web to further your organizational mission.
Keynote: Revolution for Sure: Envisioning a 21st Century Information Organization by David Lewis, Dean of the Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) University Library for the October 16, 2013 NISO Virtual Conference: Revolution or Evolution: The Organizational Impact of Electronic Content.
Free Libre Open Source Software - Business aspects of software industryFrederik Questier
F. Questier, Free Libre Open Source Software - Guest Lecture for the course Business Aspects of Software Industry of Prof. M. Goldchstein and Prof. T. Crispeels, with students from management science, computer science and civil engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (17/04/13)
Free Libre Open Source Software - Business Aspects of Software IndustryFrederik Questier
F. Questier, Free Libre Open Source Software - Guest Lecture for the course Business Aspects of Software Industry of Prof. M. Goldchstein, with students from management science and computer science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (19/05/11)
Slides from a talk given by Stacy Allison-Cassin and William Denton, of York University, at the Ontario Library Association 2009 Super Conference, 29 January 2009.
Available under a Creative Commons license.
http://hdl.handle.net/10315/2501
Garin Fons of COERLL discusses recent experiences designing, implementing, and assessing digital badging initiatives within a professional community of foreign language educators. Presentation entitled: Show What You Know: Open Digital Badges for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning
Who are the people behind successful Web 2.0 apps such as Facebook, MySpace, WordPress, YouTube, etc? What are their milestones to success? And who is Singapore's answer to all these? This slideshow provides a quick overview.
Michael Edson @ Walker Art Center: What is a CommonsMichael Edson
annotated/footnoted talk given at the Walker Art Center's "Opening the Field" celebration in Minneapolis, MN, 6/2/2010. The talk goes through some of the reasons why the Smithsonian Commons project is important to accomplishing the Smithsonian's mission, and what the characteristics of a commons are or might be...
I am Library: an ode to self-discovery and collective creativity in Second Li...Bernadette Daly Swanson
http://www.bridgingworlds.sg/index.html
Accompanying video on YouTube:
I am Library: an ode to self-discovery and collective creativity in Second Life®
Video (machinima):
Watch the video on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM5ze9M3AJ4
(be sure to watch the High Quality version – see the link at the bottom of the YouTube video window on the lower right side)
Abstract:
This paper and its accompanying presentation and video explore the library experience in Second Life and takes us on a visual journey through the virtual environment; meeting some of the librarians and educators, collaborators and partners. It introduces virtual worlds and their increasing significance to the library and educational communities, show-casing the work of the Alliance Virtual Library (AVL) founded and coordinated by the Alliance Library System of Peoria, Illinois, USA. Over the last 2.5 years, AVL has explored what it would be like to provide library services in virtual worlds, beginning with one librarian on a parcel of virtual land to a footprint that now comprises 50 islands, the virtual equivalent of 1.26 square miles, the size of Angel Island, standing proud and strong in the San Francisco Bay.
What are some of the issues and ongoing challenges facing libraries as they consider the creation of a virtual presence? What does a library “feel like” in a virtual world? (see accompanying video) How are libraries integrating Second Life with social networking sites such as FaceBook, Twitter, Delicious, YouTube, blogs and their existing web sites? Join us for this virtual world exploration and new media demonstration, I am Library.
Slides for a talk on "Open Practices for the Connected Researcher" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the University of Exeter on 23 October 2012, as part of a series of Open Access Week events held at the university.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/seminars/exeter-open-access-week-2012/
This presentation is delivered as part of the Faculty training program at Kristu Jayanthi College, Bangalore. The intent was to help students build competency and contribute to open source projects. Also which will eventually help them to build professional career in open source connected domains.
This event was organized by the SODA Foundation and lots of fabulous speakers delivered the series. Thank you SODA!!!!
Explains the benefits and drawbacks of open source software. Explores various open source software used in libraries and the future of open library data.
The slides for an 18-minute TEDx talk on July 17, 2011, in Washington, D.C. Without the audio, the slides won't help too much, but you can get an idea that I discussed what led me to open source.
Presented by: Christian Bromann, Sauce Labs
Presented at All Things Open 2020
Abstract: Every open source project has its own unique story to tell, whether it’s a small personal hobby program or a big corporate-funded project. A project always starts with a single person making a single commit and putting it on GitHub. From there the storyline writes itself and, if done successfully, it will highlight the most important component of open source: the people, friendships, and collaborations.
Putting code on an open platform like GitHub is easy. There is almost no friction when you iterate on your first versions of your new open source project. However once it grows and more people start using it, it often feels overwhelming when they start filing issues and requesting your support. This often leads to maintainers abandoning their projects as they get burned out and users becoming frustrated when they have to transition to a different framework. People often forget that building a community around an open source project is just as difficult and important as the solution that the project provides.
In this talk, Christian Bromann will share his experience of building a community around an open source project. He will provide various tips and tricks that help guide you through the difficulties of acquiring new contributors and will teach you important lessons he learned along the way. At the end of the session you will walk away with actionable ideas that you can apply to your own open source projects.
Talking is (virtual) work -supporting online argumentation--2013-09-18 Malta ...jodischneider
In open collaboration systems, work gets done through talking. We support a particular kind of talk-based work -- deletion discussions in Wikipedia -- by categorizing and summarizing discussions. In a user test, 84% find benefit from this.
This talk about my thesis was given 2013-09-18 in Malta at the Virtual Work training school:
http://dynamicsofvirtualwork.com/malta-training-school/
part of the COST action on Virtual Work
http://cost.eu/domains_actions/isch/Actions/IS1202
Opportunities and strategies for crowdsourcing in the cultural heritage sector (GLAMs) are the focus of this presentation by Olaf Janssen, project manager for the KB, National Library of the Netherlands
You’ll read what crowdsourcing is, what motivates people to spend their time & money on it and how it differs from old-school voluntary work.
You’ll also learn what added-value and advantages it can bring, compared to frequently mentioned downsides. Furthermore a number of tips for setting up and running successful crowdsourced projects are given.
Then we'll focus on crowdsourcing within the cultural heritage sector. We distinguish six forms of crowdsourcing within GLAMs, each illustrated by a number of examples.
Similar to Open Source in Libraries: Freedom and Community (20)
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
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1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
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Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...
Open Source in Libraries: Freedom and Community
1. Open Source for Libraries
Nicole C. Engard
Vice President of Education
ByWater Solutions
nengard@bywatersolutions.com
Tuesday, April 10, 12
2. What isn’t Open Source?
Common
Open
Source
FUD
(Fear,
Uncertainty
&
Doubt)
• “Isn’t
that
insecure?”
• “I
don’t
want
to
share
my
data!”
• “How
can
it
be
any
good
if
it’s
free?”
• “We
don’t
have
the
staff
to
handle
open
source.”
Comic: Author: Unknown | Year: Unknown | Source: Unknown
Tuesday, April 10, 12
3. What is Open Source?
Open
source
soCware
is
soCware
that
users
have
the
ability
to
run,
distribute,
study
and
modify
for
any
purpose.
Open
source
is
a
collaboraEve
soCware-‐development
method
that
harnesses
the
power
of
peer
review
and
transparency
of
process
to
develop
code
that
is
freely
accessible.1
Open
source
draws
on
an
ecosystem
of
thousands
of
developers
and
customers
all
over
the
world
to
drive
innovaEon.2
1,2
h<p://connect.educause.edu/display/47941
Tuesday, April 10, 12
4. What is Free Software?
• OCen
you
will
hear
Free
&
Open
Source
SoCware
(F/OSS)
in
conjuncEon.
• The
Free
SoCware
DefiniEon
(hQp://www.gnu.org/philosophy/
free-‐sw.html)
is
similar
to,
but
not
idenEcal
to
the
Open
Source
DefiniEon
(hQp://www.opensource.org/docs/definiEon.php)
• Free
does
not
mean
free
of
cost
-‐
it
means
Free
as
in
Freedom
Tuesday, April 10, 12
5. 4 Freedoms of Free Software
• You
need
all
four
of
these
freedoms
to
have
free
soCware
• Freedom
of
use
• Freedom
to
copy
• Freedom
to
modify
• Freedom
to
contribute
hQp://www.web2learning.net/archives/4263
Tuesday, April 10, 12
6. Sharing of ideas
"If
you
have
an
apple
and
I
have
an
apple
and
we
exchange
apples,
then
you
and
I
will
sEll
each
have
one
apple.
But
if
you
have
an
idea
and
I
have
an
idea
and
we
exchange
these
ideas,
then
each
of
us
will
have
two
ideas."
AQributed
to
Bernard
Shaw
http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/1#1
Tuesday, April 10, 12
7. The Cathedral & The Bazaar
The
Cathedral
The
Bazaar
(proprietary
so4ware) (open
source
so4ware)
• Development
occurs
• Code
developed
over
behind
walls
the
Internet
with
• Source
code
is
several
others
in
usually
not
provided
public
view
-‐
kept
locked
up • Source
code
open
to
• Corporate
hierarchy all
users
• “Given
enough
h<p://www.catb.org/~esr/wriIngs
/cathedral-‐bazaar/cathedral-‐bazaar/ eyeballs,
all
bugs
are
shallow”
Tuesday, April 10, 12
8. Open Source Governance
What
kind
of
quality
control
is
there?
• Most
open
source
projects
have
a
release
manager
or
a
manager
of
some
sort
who
reviews
the
code
and
approves
it
before
adding
it
to
the
final
release
What
is
the
role
of
the
community?
• The
community
looks
out
for
the
best
interests
of
the
soSware.
They
work
as
the
governing
body
behind
all
decisions
related
to
the
soSware.
The
community
decides
what
features
to
develop
next
and
who
the
managers
are.
Tuesday, April 10, 12
9. Open Source Community
• Open
source
is
about
more
than
free
soCware
• Community
is
crucial
to
the
growth
of
open
source
• Without
shared
knowledge
and
collaboraEon
the
project
will
not
grow
• “CriEquing
the
community
is
a
right
reserved
for
those
who
have
proved
themselves
by
making
valuable
contribuEons”1
• People
who
use
open
source
can
collaborate
and
contribute
in
many
ways
with
the
community • Write
code
• Write
documentaEon
• Debug
• Educate
others
1. Tapscott, Don, and Anthony D. Williams. “Embracing open source culture and
strategy.” In Wikinomics: How mass collaboration changes everything, 82-83.
Expanded Edition. New York, NY: Penguin USA, 2008. www.wikinomics.com/book/.
Tuesday, April 10, 12
10. Open Source Crowdsourcing
“Crowdsourcing
has
it
genesis
in
the
open
source
movement
in
soCware.
The
development
of
the
Linux
operaEng
system
proved
that
a
community
of
like-‐minded
peers
was
capable
of
creaEng
a
beQer
product
than
a
corporate
behemoth
like
MicrosoC.
Open
source
revealed
a
fundamental
truth
about
humans
that
had
gone
largely
unnoEced
unEl
the
connecEvely
of
the
Internet
brought
it
into
high
relief:
labor
can
oCen
be
organized
more
efficiently
in
the
context
of
a
community
than
it
can
in
the
context
of
the
corporaEon.
The
best
person
to
do
a
job
is
the
one
who
most
wants
to
do
that
job;
and
the
best
people
to
evaluate
their
performance
are
their
friends
and
peers
who,
by
the
way,
will
enthusiasEcally
pitch
in
to
improve
the
final
product,
simply
for
the
sheer
pleasure
of
helping
one
another
and
creaEng
something
beauEful
from
which
they
all
will
benefit.”
Howe, J. (2008). Crowdsourcing: Why the power of the crowd is driving
the future of business. New York: Crown Business. p.8
Tuesday, April 10, 12
11. Believing in Openness
If
you
don't
know
why
you
do
what
you
do
then
how
will
you
ever
get
people
to
be
loyal
and
want
to
be
a
part
of
what
you
do?
The
goal
is
not
just
to
sell
to
people
what
you
have,
it's
to
sell
people
on
what
you
believe
-‐
the
goal
is
not
to
hire
people
who
want
a
job
it's
to
hire
people
who
believe
what
you
believe.
If
you
hire
people
just
because
they
can
do
a
job
they
will
work
for
your
money
-‐
if
you
hire
people
who
believe
what
you
believe
they
work
for
you
with
blood
and
sweat
and
tears.
Simon
Sinek:
How
great
leaders
inspire
acEon
hQp://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_
how_great_leaders_inspire_acEon.html
Tuesday, April 10, 12
12. Open Source is Easy!
“The
hard
drive
on
one
of
our
reference
desk
PCs
died
today.
I
threw
in
a
new
one,
but
I
didn't
feel
like
spending
the
day
siing
through
Windows
updates,
so
I
loaded
Ubuntu
11.04
on
it
instead.
The
install,
as
I'm
sure
you
know,
only
took
about
15
minutes.
Now,
before
I
add
my
next
point,
keep
in
mind
that
I
manage
a
staff
whose
average
age
is
about
63.
No
joke.
Most
of
them
have
been
working
at
my
facility
longer
than
I've
been
alive.
SEll,
once
I
had
Ubuntu
up
and
running,
they
were
literally
fighEng
over
who
got
to
use
the
new
operaEng
system.
They
loved
it
that
much.
Now
I
agree,
Linux
kicks
buQ.
I
use
it
about
80%
of
the
Eme.
Typing
to
you
on
Mint
right
now!
However,
I
never
expected
novice
users
to
take
to
it
so
quickly.
Please,
next
Eme
you
do
an
open
source
webinar,
impress
on
your
aQendees
that
libraries
aren't
sacrificing
a
thing
by
switching
over
to
open
source
soCware.
If
anything,
open
source
operaEng
systems
and
applicaEons
can
be
far
more
user
friendly
for
the
novice
user
than
Windows
will
ever
be...”
-‐-‐
Mark
at
the
The
Rahway
Public
Library
Tuesday, April 10, 12
13. Who’s Using Open Source?
•Government
Agencies •Schools
(K-‐colleges)
•All
Kinds
of
Businesses •Librarians
Tuesday, April 10, 12
14. Open Source in Business
2007
Survey
Results
http://www.unisys.com/unisys/news/detail.jsp?id=5100086&pid=&sid=203
Tuesday, April 10, 12
15. Open Source in Business
• In
2010
a
survey
of
300
large
organizaEons
in
both
the
private
and
public
sector
found:
• 50%
are
fully
commiQed
to
open
source
in
their
business
• 28%
say
they
are
experimenEng
with
open
source
and
keeping
an
open
mind
to
using
it
• 38%
expecEng
to
migrate
mission-‐criEcal
soCware
to
open
source
in
next
12
months
• The
cost
was
no
longer
viewed
as
the
key
benefit,
instead:
• 76%
cited
quality
as
a
key
benefit
of
open
source
• 70%
cited
improved
reliability
• 69%
said
beQer
security/bug
fixing
h<p://newsroom.accenture.com/
arIcle_display.cfm?arIcle_id=5045
Tuesday, April 10, 12
16. Making money on open source
• “IBM
not
only
accepted
open
source
soCware
products
and
processes
but
also
its
philosophy,
which
is
to
spur
quality
and
fast
growth
rather
than
just
profits
based
on
proprietary
ownership
of
intellectual
property.”
• “Giving
up
so
much
control
is
unconvenEonal
to
say
the
least,
but
the
rewards
for
doing
so
have
been
handsome.
IBM
spends
about
$100
million
per
year
on
Linux
development.
If
the
Linux
community
puts
in
$1
billion
of
effort,
and
even
half
of
that
is
useful
to
IBM
customers,
the
company
gets
$500
million
of
soCware
development
for
an
investment
of
$100
million.”
Tapsco<,
Don,
and
Anthony
D.
Williams.
“Joining
Linux.”
In
Wikinomics:
How
mass
collaboraIon
changes
everything,
79-‐82.
Expanded
EdiIon.
New
York,
NY:
Penguin
USA,
2008.
h<p://www.wikinomics.com/book/.
Tuesday, April 10, 12
17. Open Source On the Web
Total
AcEve
Sites:
6/2000
to
3/2012
h<p://news.netcraS.com/archives/2012/03/05/march-‐2012-‐web-‐server-‐survey.html
Tuesday, April 10, 12
18. Why so Popular?
•Reliability
through
Peer
Review
•Freedom
to
Innovate
•No
Vendor
Lock-‐in
•User-‐centric
Development
•CollaboraEve
Environment
•Zero
License
Fees
Tuesday, April 10, 12
20. Open Source & Libraries
Libraries
and
Open
Source
Both...
• Believe
that
informaIon
should
be
freely
accessible
to
everyone
• Give
away
stuff
• Benefit
from
the
generosity
of
others
• Are
about
communiIes
• Make
the
world
a
be<er
place
-‐-‐
Horton,
G.
h<p://Inyurl.com/3jvumn
Tuesday, April 10, 12
21. Open Source & Libraries
Libraries
and
Open
Source
make
the
perfect
pair
[Librarians]
"are
almost
ethically
required
to
use
and
develop
open
source
soCware."
Crawford,
R.
S.
h<p://www.lugod.org/
presentaIons/oss4lib.pdf
hQp://www.flickr.com/photos/cavort/
151687944/
Tuesday, April 10, 12
22. Open Source & Libraries
Libraries
and
Open
Source
make
the
perfect
pair
“Libraries
are
commiQed
to
the
noEon
of
the
‘commons.’
Libraries
are
in
fact
one
of
the
last
best
hopes
for
the
preservaEon
of
the
intellectual
commons.
That
value
system
should
extend
to
the
intellectual
work
we
do
on
our
access
systems.
We
should
reclaim
the
domain
of
library
technology
from
the
commercial
and
proprietary
realms
and
actualize
is
as
part
of
our
vision
of
the
commons.
...
We
are
also
congenital
collaborators.
Can
you
think
of
any
other
group
of
insEtuEons
that
share
their
stuff
the
way
we
do
through
ILL?
-‐-‐
Lucia,
J.
Tuesday, April 10, 12
23. Open Source & Libraries
2007
Survey
Results
h<p://www.unisys.com/unisys/news/detail.jsp?id=5100086&pid=&sid=203
Tuesday, April 10, 12
24. Open Source & Libraries
Common
quesEons
libraries
have:
• Is
there
support?
Do
I
have
to
know
how
to
program?
• Do
I
have
to
skimp
on
features?
• Isn’t
Open
Source
risky?
• Can
I
do
it
myself?
Tuesday, April 10, 12
25. Support for Open Source
Is
there
support? Do
I
have
to
know
how
to
program?
• ByWater
SoluEons • If
you
want
to
contribute
• Catalyst to
the
code
-‐
Yes
• Equinox • If
not
you
can
use:
• YourLibrarySite • Support
Providers
• And
more! • Local
Students
• Freelance
Developers
Tuesday, April 10, 12
26. Do I have to skimp
on features?
• Open
Source
developers
follow
the
rule
of
“Release
early
and
release
oCen”
• Users
vote
with
their
dollars
and
Eme
• Freedom
to
develop
on
your
own
• Developers
love
their
products
hQp://www.flickr.com/photos/programwitch/
2505184887/
Tuesday, April 10, 12
27. Isn’t Open Source Risky?
• Casey
Coleman,
chief
informaEon
officer
for
the
• US
Department
of
Defense
memo
GSA
(U.S.
General
Services
AdministraEon),
said
encourages
the
use
of
open
source
with
in
a
speech
...
that
the
GSA
heavily
relies
on
many
reasons
“including
cost
advantages,
open
source
to
drive
down
costs,
increase
reduced
risk
of
vendor
lock-‐in,
beQer
flexibility
of
IT
dollars,
and
reduce
risk.
‘You
get
security,
and
increased
flexibility.
It
says
much
more
transparency
and
interoperability,
that
the
posiEve
aspects
of
open
source
and
that
reduces
your
risk,’
she
said. soCware
should
be
given
consideraEon
• h<p://news.cnet.com/ during
procurement
research.
8301-‐13505_3-‐9921115-‐16.html • h<p://arstechnica.com/open-‐source/news/
2009/10/dod-‐military-‐needs-‐to-‐think-‐harder-‐
about-‐using-‐open-‐source.ars
Tuesday, April 10, 12
28. Isn’t Open Source Risky?
For
a
total
284
days
in
2006
(or
more
than
nine
months
out
of
the
year),
exploit
code
for
known,
unpatched
criEcal
flaws
in
pre-‐IE7
versions
of
the
browser
was
publicly
available
on
the
Internet.
Likewise,
there
were
at
least
98
days
last
year
in
which
no
soCware
fixes
from
MicrosoC
were
available
to
fix
IE
flaws
that
criminals
were
acEvely
using
to
steal
personal
and
financial
data
from
users.
In
a
total
of
ten
cases
last
year,
instrucEons
detailing
how
to
leverage
"criEcal"
vulnerabiliEes
in
IE
were
published
online
before
MicrosoC
had
a
patch
to
fix
them.
In
contrast,
Internet
Explorer's
closest
compeEtor
in
terms
of
market
share
-‐-‐
Mozilla's
Firefox
browser
-‐-‐
experienced
a
single
period
lasEng
just
nine
days
last
year
in
which
exploit
code
for
a
serious
security
hole
was
posted
online
before
Mozilla
shipped
a
patch
to
remedy
the
problem.
h<p://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/01/
internet_explorer_unsafe_for_2.html
Tuesday, April 10, 12
29. Risk of Proprietary Software
• “Closed-‐source
efforts
oCen
suffer
from
flaws
and
problems
which
the
original
development
team
never
anEcipated.
Lack
of
inspecEon
of
the
code
by
other
programmers
can
mean
that
inappropriate
design
constraints
and
other
errors
might
not
be
discovered
unEl
the
code
is
already
in
use.”
Pavlicek,
Russell.
Embracing
insanity
:
open
source
soSware
development.
Indianapolis
IN:
SAMS,
2000.
p.
33.
Tuesday, April 10, 12
30. Risk of Proprietary Software
• “In
its
2011
Coverity
Scan
Open
Source
Integrity
Report,
which
was
released
on
Thursday,
Coverity
actually
found
that
open
source
code
has
fewer
defects
per
thousand
lines
of
code
than
proprietary
soCware
code
does.”
Noyes,
Katherine.
“Actually,
Open
Source
Code
Is
Be<er:
Report.”
PCWorld
Business
Center,
February
23,
2012.
h<p://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/arIcle/250543/
actually_open_source_code_is_be<er_report.html.
Tuesday, April 10, 12
31. Software is Risky!
All
soSware
has
risks,
you
need
to
evaluate
open
source
the
same
way
you
do
proprietary
systems.
Several
Levels
of
Risk
to
consider:
• SoSware
security
issues
• Open
source
is
just
as
secure
if
not
more
secure
than
proprietary
systems
because
of
its
transparency
• Evaluate
open
source
soSware
no
differently
than
you
do
other
soSware!
• Company
mergers
and
acquisiIons
• Because
you
own
the
code
to
your
system
you
are
not
Ied
to
one
support
source
and
will
never
be
leS
without
support
Tuesday, April 10, 12
32. Can I do it Myself?
• Absolutely,
with
the
right
in-‐house
skills
• Systems
knowledge
• Linux
server
management
• Web
programming
• Perl
/
PHP
/
MySQL
Tuesday, April 10, 12
34. Open Source & Libraries
When
asked
what
Open
Source
apps
they
use
at
work,
977
librarians
and
library
workers
answered
as
follows
hQp://opensource.web2learning.net/archives/category/survey-‐
results
Tuesday, April 10, 12
35. Open Source & Libraries
When
asked
why
they
chose
and
open
source
app,
977
librarians
and
library
workers
answered
as
follows
hQp://opensource.web2learning.net/archives/category/survey-‐
results
Tuesday, April 10, 12
37. Play Time
• Start
downloading
and
installing
applicaEons
that
will
make
things
more
efficient
(and
possibly
affordable)
for
you.
hQp://www.flickr.com/photos/nengard/
3253133986/
Tuesday, April 10, 12
38. Portable Play
•Can’t
install
soCware
on
your
work
computer?
•Try
PortableApps:
•Install
on
your
USB
drive
and
use
many
of
these
open
source
applicaEons
without
installing
to
the
hard
drive
hQp://portableapps.com
Tuesday, April 10, 12
39. Local Play
•Don’t
have
access
to
a
web
server?
•Try
BitNami:
•Free,
easy
to
setup
wikis,
blogs,
forums
and
many
other
web
applicaEons
that
you
can
run
locally
or
in
the
cloud.
BitNami
makes
deploying
server
soCware
a
simple
and
enjoyable
process.
h<p://bitnami.org/
Tuesday, April 10, 12
40. Additional Links
•Open Source Living
http://osliving.com
•OSS Watch, open source software advisory service:
http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk
•Open Source as Alternative
http://www.osalt.com
•Nicole’s Delicious bookmarks:
http://delicious.com/nengard/opensource
Tuesday, April 10, 12
41. OSS & Libraries Links
• Open
Source
SoCware
in
Libraries
hQp://infomoEons.com/musings/ossnlibraries/
• Open
Source
SoCware
and
Libraries
Bibliography
zotero.org/groups/
freelibre_and_open_source_soCware_and_libraries_bibliography
• PracEcal
Open
Source
SoCware
for
Libraries
hQp://opensource.web2learning.net/blog
• Open
Network
Libraries
hQp://onl.org.nz
• FOSS4Lib
hQp://foss4lib.org
Tuesday, April 10, 12
42. Open Source Blogs
• The
Open
Road
• New
York
Times
-‐
Open
hQp://www.cnet.com/openroad/
hQp://open.nyEmes.com
• Open
Ended
from
Ars
Technica
• OpenSource.com
hQp://arstechnica.com/open-‐source
hQp://opensource.com
• The
H
Open
Source
• Open
Source
at
DatamaEon
hQp://www.h-‐online.com/open/
itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/
• ZDNet
Open
Source
hQp://blogs.zdnet.com/open-‐source
Tuesday, April 10, 12
43. Online Reading List
• Open
Source:
Narrowing
the
Divides
between
EducaEon,
Business,
and
Community
hQp://connect.educause.edu/display/47941
• The
concepts
of
Free
SoCware
&
Open
Standards:
IntroducEon
to
Free
SoCware
hQp://Cacademy.org/materials/fsm/1#1
• We
Love
Open
Source
SoCware.
No,
You
Can’t
Have
Our
Code
hQp://journal.code4lib.org/arEcles/527
• Open
Source
SoCware
Tools
And
Directories:
Where
To
Find
Them,
How
To
Evaluate
Them
hQp://www.masternewmedia.org/open-‐source-‐soCware-‐tools-‐and-‐directories-‐where-‐to-‐find-‐them-‐
how-‐to-‐evaluate-‐them/
• Open
Source
Security
Bibliography
hQp://www.zotero.org/nengard/items/collecEon/QKWPIXK9
• Nicole’s
Zotero
Library
hQp://www.zotero.org/nengard/items/collecEon/1796131
Tuesday, April 10, 12
44. Print Reading List
• Prac?cal
Open
Source
SoAware
in
Libraries
by
Nicole
C.
Engard
• The
Cathedral
and
the
Bazaar:
Musings
on
Linux
and
Open
Source
by
an
Accidental
Revolu?onary
by
Eric
S.
Raymond
• Embracing
Insanity:
Open
Source
SoAware
Development
by
Russell
Pavlicek
• The
success
of
open
source
by
Steve
Weber
• The
open
source
alterna?ve:
Understanding
risks
and
leveraging
opportuni?es
by
Heather
J.
Meeker
• Open
Sources
2.0:
The
Con?nuing
Evolu?on
by
Chris
DiBona,
Mark
Stone,
and
Danese
Cooper
Tuesday, April 10, 12
45. Thank You!
Nicole C. Engard
Vice President of Education
ByWater Solutions
nengard@bywatersolutions.com
Tuesday, April 10, 12